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I spy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... broken the unspoken policy of "don't ask, don't tell". Snowden told...without being asked. It's now Australia's turn. Indonesia recalled its ambassador to Australia and invited Australia's deputy head of mission David Engel to Indonesia's foreign affairs ...

Indonesia VP attends Melb investor forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... the ministers for Economic Affairs, Finance, Trade and regulatory decision-makers such as the Governor of the Bank of Indonesia, Chairman of the Financial Services Authority, Governor of Jakarta- not to mention leading business figures," said John Donovan ...

Survivor: the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand on February 2011 and the earthquake and tsunami in Japan the month after. Jakarta, Indonesia was hit by severe floods just in January this year. "To whom it may concern" indeed! Then again, I suspect Mother Nature ...

Congress dysfunction hits US bond confidence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... distracted from an otherwise improving attitude to the US' gradually narrowing budget deficits and healthier banks. Indonesia's Willingness to Pay score meanwhile rose albeit from a low base as Jakarta's reformist governor Joko Widodo jumped to the lead ...

Most EM currencies bounce back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
Emerging market currencies bouncing back so quickly after the US Fed reversed its signals that it would soon start tapering its economic stimulus confirms how far these markets have matured since the GFC. In May through June this year US Fed chairman ...

Consumers in EM, an opportunity for investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013
... consultancy companies than consumer companies such as Nestle." After years of talking to consumers in countries such as Indonesia, Nigeria, South Africa or Philippines, Stassopoulos has realised "how little we knew about this consumers." Consumers in ...

BNP appoints new head of APAC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
... countries and includes local investment management capabilities in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan and Turkey. The APAC and Emerging division manages some EUR ...

EM correction, it's different this time

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... up their own yields and saw their stock market indices fall. But Destry Damayanti, chief economist at Bank Mandiri in Indonesia said investors should appreciate that the Indonesian economy is structured very differently now to how it was in 1997. Indeed ...

Withdrawal anxiety

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013

Butterfly effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013